This year, the SPeaker will be printing a series of articles profiling the officers that work for the Sidney-Pacific house government and the work that they do. This month, we find out about the photofile Chairs, Tamas Kolos-Lakatos and Chi Feng.
Tamas Kolos-Lakatos
Tamas Kolos-Lakatos
Tamas is a third year PhD student in the department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16). He is from Dunakeszi, Hungary, a town 15 minutes north of Budapest on the river Danube. Tamas speaks Hungarian and English, as well as some French and German.
When he is not taking pictures at S-P events, Tamas can be found at airports around the world, taking pictures of airplanes. In addition to being an avid photographer, Tamas is a pilot. He started flying gliders at age 16 and few his first solo flight before he learned to drive a car!
Courtesy of Tamas Kolos-Lakatos
This is Tamas’ third year living in S-P and his second year as an officer. Like many officers, he volunteered for the opportunity to get to know more S-P residents and be a part of the community. As one of the photofile chairs, Tamas enjoys attending the large variety of events at S-P.
Chi Feng
Chi Feng
Our second photographer, Chi, is a second year student in the Computation for Design and Optimization (CDO) program. He hails from Ann Arbor, Michigan and speaks both English and Mandarin.
Aside from photography, Chi enjoys playing piano, website design and watching “Sherlock”. In 2006, his many talents got him named Time magazine’s Person of the year (in fairness, he shares the title with a number of other people).
Chi has lived in S-P for nearly a year now. He volunteered to apply his hobbies, specifically photography, towards improving the S-P community. During his time in the S-P government, Chi has enjoyed meeting new people and being in-the-know about the government and its many activities.
Check out some of Chi’s photography in this month’s photo essay, entitled “Winter Wonderland at MIT”.
Chi and Tamas have a few plans for next semester. Firstly, they plan to continue the photography discussion/tutorial group they started last term. Additionally, look out for the upcoming photography contest for S-P residents.